LDS Realtors/Agents - Anchorage, AK

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Anchorage, Alaska

The Port of Anchorage receives 95 percent of all goods destined for Alaska. Ships from Totem Ocean Trailer Express and Horizon Lines arrive twice weekly from the Port of Tacoma in Washington. The port is also a storage facility for jet fuel from Alaskan refineries.

LDS REALTORS Anchorage Alaska Area

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Mormon Population

Mormons account for 4.81% of the population in Anchorage. Alaska has over 32,464 members in 7 stakes, 52 wards, 29 branches, 1 mission, and 1 temple. (A branch in Whitehorse, Yukon is part of the Juneau Alaska Stake)

LDS History

The first two missionaries arrived in Juneau in 1913 where they worked for a few weeks. The next missionaries, Elders Heber J. Meeks, Alvin Englestead, James Judd, and Lowell T. Plowman arrived in Alaska in 1928, under the direction of President William R. Sloan of the Northwestern States Mission. From then on, there have been missionaries in Alaska.

Family Friendliness

Anchorage offers the comforts of a large US city but is only a 30-minute drive from the Alaskan wilderness so there is much to do and explore. There are the usual museums and zoos but the uniqueness of the region makes it an incredibly interesting experience. It has also been named by Kiplinger as the most tax friendly city in the United States.

Anchorage Alaska Temple

10 miles SE of Anchorage airport

Demographics:

Anchorage, Alaska is the northernmost city in the United States with more than 100,000 residents and the largest community in North America north of the 60th parallel. it is Alaska’s most populous city and constitutes more than 40 percent of the state’s total population. Anchorage has been named All-America City four times by the National Civic League.

Climate:

The July high is around 68 degrees and the January low is -5. Anchorage, AK, gets 17 inches of rain per year and snowfall is 76 inches. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 122. On average, there are 126 sunny days per year in Anchorage, AK. And yes, Anchorage does have a frost-free growing season that averages slightly over 101 days.